Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar. Each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine how to bring stability to the lands he conquered. Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar had to be not only generals but statesmen. And yet each was a battlefield commander, a strategist, a leader of men-in short, a warrior.
Tactics change, weapons change, but the ultimate purpose of war remains much the same through the centuries, and a great warrior must know how to measure success. Publishers Weeklysaid: "No one presents the military history of the ancient world with greater insight and panache than Barry Strauss," and in Masters of Commandhe shows what these three great commanders can teach us today about ambition, leadership, branding, and more.
- ISBN10 1439164487
- ISBN13 9781439164488
- Publish Date 24 May 2012 (first published 1 May 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 February 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Simon & Schuster
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English